1. After “Top Gun” came out, the number of men joining the Navy to become Naval pilots went up 500%.
2. Ventriloquism started as a religious practice. The ancient Greeks called it “gastromancy,” and they believed the ventriloquist was getting messages from spirits in their stomach and revealing them through a dummy.
3. The NHL’s Stanley Cup can hold 23 beers. (That’s 23 12-ounce bottles . . . or just over two gallons.) And more than 2,000 Monopoly hotels. (???)
